Robinson Collection
These books are a very small sample of the c. 450 volumes which, in addition to a remarkably generous monetary sum, were bequeathed to the Library in 1998 by Mrs. Marjorie Robinson, the widow of Philip Robinson, antiquarian bookdealer and a native of Newcastle. A larger selection is on display in the Robinson Library until early August 2000.
The volumes in the bequest date from the 14th to the 19th centuries. Amongst them are:
- texts of Prior and Milton which once belonged to Alexander Pope, together with presentation copies by Pope of his own works to his friend Martha Blount.
- rare pamphlets by Jonathan Swift and Daniel Defoe.
- early editions of Italian writers such as Dante, Boccaccio and Tasso.
- musical works, including a 14th century gradual.
- 16th, 17th and 18th century books about sea-voyages, exploration and the work of missionaries, especially in africa and the Americas.
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